March 17, 2010

It's email from Barack Obama! I call him Barack. We're on a first-name basis, you know. Me and the President of the United States! Sigh.

I can tell you that your voice is heard in Washington every day.

Thanks for hearing so well.

I see how your efforts are moving us toward victory.

Thanks for seeing so well.

But I also know that with just days remaining the final vote is shaping up to be extremely close.

"Extremely close"? As in you're 19 votes short? That's the current whip count. [CORRECTION: I've misstated the info at that link. Here's another count: "192 Yes, 208 No (205-210 with leaners)." That would be 16 votes short.]

Everything we've worked for is on the line, and your voice is needed now more than ever before.

Are you sure you know what you're asking for? You want more from me?

Raise your voice today: We must all speak out together to finish the job.

Together? You're into cacophony then, eh?

In these final, crucial days, much more will be asked of us. Our resolve will be tested.

During moments like this, I believe it's important to remember why we have worked so hard for so long. That's why I spoke to the country Monday at a gathering in Ohio and said it plainly: I'm here for Natoma.

I don't want to be a lout, but when I hit the anecdote cue, I skim. Skim. Skim. Skim....

"I've just figured out that, when my insurance premiums are cut by 300 percent, I can retire!"

You left a zero off, mesquito - he SAID 3,000%. I believe the campaign issued a release later that he'd "misspoke".

When will they issue the corrections for the O "misspeaking" that: 1) Medicare won't be cut, in fact it's "being saved" by Obamacare2) "you can keep the plan you have now"3) "it won't raise the deficit one dime"4) "taxes won't go up on ANYONE making less than $250,000"5) the Republicans have made no alternative proposals

I thought Fox did a pretty good job in the interview tonight and that Barack came across as not asnwering the questions. No real stand out moment.

But I wish the interviewer would have taken him on this Natoma issue. She apparently is getting great medical care under the current system. Barack's plan would not do anything for her. I often am surprised as how liberal anecdotes so often don't stand the scrutiny, but like so many things, I think they just assume the media will let them get away with it.

If this situation wasn't so sad it'd be.... umm...sad. I'm not a person prone to depression, in spite of several real good personal reasons to head that way, but this is depressing. Can anyone feel good about so much of our future being in the hands of Obama, Reid and Pelosi, flying in the face of public opinion with zero consideration of any opposing views. Oh yeah, and they are lying.

He's got it all together man, not like those squares, not like them man, they don't get it man, dig? They don't get what he's about man, they can't get into it man, it's cuz they're in squaresville man. Squaresville City, Iowa man, they're from Iowa, they don't know shit about anything cept cows and shit, potatoes man.

I'm beginning to wonder what's going to happen if Obama's healthcare plan isn't passed. Will he give a "malaise" speech, like Jimmy Carter, about how, doggone it, this country's lost his way? Or will he do a snarling, Nixonesque "you won't have Barack Obama to kick around anymore"? Or maybe a meltdown, like drunk James Mason at the Academy Awards in "A Star Is Born": "I need a job! I need a job!"

Whatever it is, it's going to be weird. When Clinton's healthcare plan flopped, he dropped it and moved on. It looked like Obama might do that after the election of Scott Brown, but no. His will must be obeyed! He's invested way too much in this to get past it at this point.

He'll just do it by administrative fiat. “I don’t spend a lot of time worrying about what the procedural rules are in the House or Senate,” he told Bret Baier. Screw the Constitution. Any means necessary, his will be done. The ends of socialism justify the means of dictatorship.

He'll simply do whatever the hell he wants to.

And what do you mean if it isn't "passed"? The House isn't going to pass anything except a rule with changes. They sure as hell don't care about passing it -- they're just going to declare it enacted by fiat.

1) Medicare won't be cut, in fact it's "being saved" by Obamacare2) "you can keep the plan you have now"3) "it won't raise the deficit one dime"4) "taxes won't go up on ANYONE making less than $250,000"5) "the Republicans have made no alternative proposals"6) "by the time the vote has taken place, you'll know what's in it because the bill will be posted and deliberations will be on CSPAN so everybody's going to be able to evaluate it on the merits."7) "premiums will fall by 14 to 20 percent", or "premiums will fall by 3,000 percent" [take your pick]8) "we just want a simple up-or-down vote"9) "there will be no rationing"10) "tort reform isn't important enough to bother with"11) "We didn't make any backroom deals"12) "It's just like car insurance - everyone has to have that"13) "It won't cover illegal aliens"

Natoma is getting world class care at the Cleveland Clinic for free--she's a charity case. So yeah, f*ck Natoma. I pay my medical bills and I don't even own a home, and now she wants me to pay her bills so she can keep her home! Greedy effin' thief.

How can the Obots raise their voice when the Rushbots have melted down the phone lines?

"it is more effective to count the number of incumbents voting against the bill. In order to defeat the bill, GOPers need 216 votes -- or 38 Dems to join every member of the GOP conference. So far, they appear to be 19 votes short."

If he's so concerned about Natoma, why didn't he help her with his million of Rube Peace Prize. Why did he want Natoma's neighbors' children and children's children to work their butts off to help her.

Urgent time needs urgent help, anecdotal time needs anecdotal help.

Btw, Ann, you voted for him, you were a rube. He's banking on you remain a rube.

I can tell you that your voice is heard in Washington every day. Thanks for hearing so well.I see how your efforts are moving us toward victory.Thanks for seeing so well.

Yeh, I wouldn't call Ann one of President Obama's biggest supporters these days. She may not be ready to regret her vote for him, but her posts here seem to have been more negative than positive in relation to health care "reform".